Leonardo da Vinci: The Rhythm of the World, Paperback Book, By: Arasse, Daniel

Flamboyant character, universal artist, genius among geniuses the widespread image of Leonardo has something agreed upon, like an obligation to admire, which hinders in order to understand. This book takes a fresh look at Leonardo. It shows how this autodidact, nomo senza lettere in his own words, ended up becoming, through curiosity and observation, one of the great scholars of his time. He exposes how he succeeded in accomplishing, in his long trajectory many times broken, a work of civil and military engineer, town planner, theater and party decorator, architect, sculptor, musician, writer., painter finally, and how this work so vast and so diverse is of a total coherence, animated as it is by the research around the rhythm of the world.